await
Usage
What are other ways to say await?
The verb await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone. Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble?
Example Sentences
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Coombs said investors are currently giving Burnham the benefit of the doubt as they await clarity on who he appoints to his top team, especially who he names as chancellor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
Another 29 million shares await vesting milestones, one of which may have been triggered this month.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
"Meanwhile, I urge everyone to await their findings and to hold off on speculation."
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
While we await details to judge the move’s significance—which nuclear sites, when, inspections on-demand or staged, collecting samples or not—Iran’s state media has denied this concession.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
I await only your preliminary public announcement of the event.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing await
Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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